Statistical highlights from the IPL match between Rajasthan Royals [ Images ] and Delhi Daredevils [ Images ] played in New Delhi on Saturday. Rajasthan won the match by 5 wickets.
# Rahul Dravid [ Images ] (65 off 51 balls) posted his eighth fifty in the IPL -- his highest score against Delhi Daredevils.
# Dravid became the third player after Jacques Kallis [ Images ] (316) and Rohit Sharma [ Images ] (302) to complete 300 runs against Delhi in the IPL.
# Dravid received his second Man of the Match award in the IPL.
# Rajasthan Royals' thrilling five-run win was their fifth in 11 games against Delhi Daredevils at IPL -- success % 45.45.
# Rajasthan's above victory was their narrowest victory margin over Delhi in the IPL. They have won IPL games by less than five runs twice -- by two runs vs Mumbai Indians [ Images ] at Durban on May 14, 2009 and by two runs vs Deccan Chargers [ Images ] at Nagpur on April 5, 2010.
# Umesh Yadav (4/24) recorded his best bowling figures in the IPL, surpassing the 3 for 19 against Punjab [ Images ] at Dharamsala on May 19, 2012.
# Yadav's aforesaid figures are the second best by a Delhi bowler against Rajasthan in the IPL -- the best being 4 for 18 by Pawan Negi at Jaipur [ Images ] on May 1, 2012.
# Rahane and Dravid were involved in a stand of 65 for the second wicket -- the highest partnership for Rajasthan vs Delhi in the IPL.
# Stuart Binny (40 off 20 balls) recorded his highest score in the IPL.
# Unmukt Chand (23) recorded his highest score in IPL.
# David Warner (77 off 56 balls) posted his 25th fifty in Twenty20 [ Images ] -- his seventh for Delhi at the IPL.
# Warner's excellent innings was the second highest in a losing cause for Delhi at the IPL. Gautam Gambhir [ Images ] had scored 80 against Chennai at Delhi on May 8, 2008.
# Warner managed 1123 at an average of 28.79 in 41 games -- the second highest for Delhi in the IPL behind Virender Sehwag's [ Images ] 1879.
# Kevon Cooper (3/30) registered his best bowling performance against Delhi in the IPL.
Photograph: BCCI


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